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Illustrator CS6 One-on-One: Intermediate

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11/22/2012

Join author and industry expert Deke McClelland as he teaches you how to take advantage of the next level of dynamic features in Adobe Illustrator CS6. This installment of his Illustrator CS6 One-on-One series starts by showing you how to effectively manage layers, clipping groups, and swatches, so that you can easily swap out colors and content. Deke then explains how to create customized strokes and patterns and build complex gradients with transparency and dynamic effects, and then apply these features to paths, groups, and editable text to create professional-quality artwork. He also highlights some of the most popular features in Illustrator: Live Paint and all ten of its Pathfinder operations. The final chapters show how to prepare your projects for print and save them for distribution on the web.

Topics include:

Creating layers, sublayers, and groups

Lifting a color and creating a swatch

Assigning colors to paths inside groups

Adjusting the stacking order

Using the Width tool to adjust line weight

Masking a pattern inside a background

Assigning and modifying a gradient fill

Creating a radial gradient

Drawing a linear spiral with the Polar Grid tool

Adding a credible 3D cast shadow

Contouring with the Blob Brush and Eraser

Creating and painting an overlapping path

Placing Photoshop images in Illustrator files

Previewing and printing documents

Optimizing documents for the web

Skill Level Intermediate

11h 8m

Duration

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- Hello I'm Dick McLullond.Welcome to Illustrator CS6, One on One Intermediate.Part two in a series of four coursesdevoted to your ultimate masteryof the world's most powerful vector based drawing program.This course, and the larger One on One series,is all about project-based learning.That is to say you learn by doing.And by actually experiencing Illustrator first hand,you'll be better equipped to createyour own artwork in the future.

In this course, I'll show you how to assign strokesto your path outlines, complete with dashes,custom arrowheads, and variable line weights.We'll explore how to modify gradients directlyinside a path outline as well asapply gradients to a stroke.You'll see how to create seamlessly, repeating tile patternsusing the new pattern generator,which is a dream to work with.You'll learn how to combine simple shapesto create more complex ones, using pathfinder operations.You'll see how to create interlocking pathsusing the amazing live paint feature.

And I'll show you how to placeand modify photographic images.The result is a contextualized learning program.Illustrator's features make sensebecause you apply them to a clearly defined task.And you leave each chapterwith a real sense of accomplishment.I hope there are moments when you feel "I rule,""I did it," and "I can do more."In this first chapter, I'll show you how to workwith Illustrator's primary containers, layers, and groups.

I know it doesn't sound terribly excitingbut I assure you it is.And it goes to the heart of how Illustrator works.Here, let me show you.